Shloka 27
दुर्योधनस्य बलिवर्णनम् — Duryodhana’s Description of Tribute at the Rājasūya
वासुदेवेन तत् कर्म यथायुक्त महत् कृतम् । सिद्ध च पाण्डुपुत्राणां प्रतापेन महात्मनाम्,वासुदेव श्रीकृष्णने जैसा महान् अनुचित कर्म किया था, वह महामना पाण्डवोंके प्रतापसे सफल हो गया
vāsudevena tat karma yathāyuktaṃ mahat kṛtam | siddha ca pāṇḍuputrāṇāṃ pratāpena mahātmanām ||
难敌说道：“那桩大事由婆苏提婆（圣克里希那）按他自以为‘合宜’的方式行之；然而实则是不当之举。尽管如此，它仍得以成功，全赖般度诸子那些高魂者的威势与影响。”
दुर्योधन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how outcomes in political-ethical conflicts are often judged through the lens of power: Duryodhana brands Kṛṣṇa’s action as improper, yet admits it became effective because it was backed by the Pāṇḍavas’ strength and standing—raising the tension between moral evaluation (dharma/adharma) and practical success (siddhi).
Duryodhana comments resentfully on a significant intervention by Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa). He concedes that the act—though, in his view, unethical—achieved its intended result because the Pāṇḍavas, described as noble and formidable, had the prowess to make it succeed.